Tasting Drakness

Chapter 32

Tobias POV

We had just finished eating dinner, yet I was craving something else. Someone else. I never should have fed on Aleera. I was only allowed to feed on Lycus and Darius, and I knew the reason for it, but her blood had been calling me from the moment I laid eyes on her. I told myself just a taste, but I knew I was done for when I fed on her when I tried to take the shadows from her.

Lycus watched me; he had been looking at me strangely all day since he found me arguing with Aleera.

“I need to check the wards in the forest. Do you want to come? ” Darius asked, getting up from his seat.

“No, I will wait here,” I told him. He tilted his head to the side, examining me. I always went with him, and I knew he was suspicious of me too. They all were. My hunger was insatiable, one of the reasons I was only to strictly feed on Lycus and Darius. They could fight me off. Kalen and Aleera, not so much if I lost control.

“When did you last feed? You seem to be in a mood,” Darius asked before his eyes flicked to Lycus.

“Earlier off me, twice actually,” Lycus answered, and Darius turned his gaze back to me, and I noticed Kalen get up to head through the bathroom, and I growled in warning at him.

“Sit Kalen, I will take you to see her later,” I told him, and he sighed but sat back on the bed, yet Darius still didn’t leave.

“Are you struggling since feeding on her the other night?” Darius asked me, and I shook my head.

“No, I am just drained,” I lied. He didn’t look like he believed me, but I also knew Darius had an obsession with the wards, and my mood wouldn’t keep him here much longer; I just needed to wait him out.

“Lycus, do you want to come?” Darius turned and asked him.

“Can I?” Kalen asked him excitedly.

“I thought you wanted to see Aleera?”

until you come back anyway,” Kalen huffed

can go. I will see if Aleera is back and take Kalen to see her,” I told them, and Kalen’s eyes lit up. My lips quirked in the corners loving his

Tobias. He needs to

a pleading look and I knew Darius was going to sway. He had trouble denying Kalen unless it was strictly in the range of harming

knew I wouldn’t allow her to hurt him,

her, and don’t let her touch

bring her in here?” I asked him. I didn’t think he was serious about that. Darius looked away, and I knew he was just as affected by her presence as

think about and the taste of her blood. I hated her more for wanting her, and I couldn’t help but

Lycus groaned, and I know he hated leaving Kalen. Nighttime was pretty much the only time we were all together in

them disgusted me, and I could have lived without the powersharing. I could retrieve magic by drinking blood

I cloaked her, which was stupid o nour part, we

of us finding her again were pretty slim. The cloaking spell had turned to a permanent shield on her for some reason. The only way to break it was by

following lead after lead. We weren’t sure powersharing was possible without our keeper, not until we

call on us. I still remembered how filthy and skinny they both were, and

parents tried to kill her, we felt her distress. How we felt her was beyond all of our reasoning. It was

them before Lycus let him go and followed Darius through the portal. That was also how we realized we could power share. We walked

accepted if the keeper was dead. Ours wasn’t, so it caused a lot of issues. Mostly with

but it didn’t work. We were back to square one, but Lycus and Kalen continued having power somehow when we realized how they were transferring it. Emotion. It repulsed Darius and

us no choice when she ran, and we were forced to forge the bond. Kalen and Lycus were both patient and never pushed us past our comfort zones too much. When eventually, Darius got injured, protecting me from bloodhounds, we had refused for years to share power the way Lycus and Kalen did. But while hunting for her, we were set upon by the hounds, and neither of us had enough ability to take them

I kissed him. Didn’t even think twice about it? He saved me, and I owed him, and I realized it worked better than feeding him my blood. After that, it became a non-issue. As long as nothing went near my ass, I was okay with it. Well, for the first few years until the bond forged entirely, and I started craving them all, that craving extended to any way I

of became our keeper. He had particular gifts. We all found ourselves more inclined toward him. When we needed power, we usually went to him for it. His

laughing at?” Kalen asked, making me look

just when we all first got together,” I told him, and Kalen smiled deviously before crawling to the edge of the bed. I